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CB heads into its October 20 earnings date with the Street pulling in its horns, options markets unmoved, and short sellers offering no meaningful view either way. The most notable development this week is a cluster of…
The contradictory tension that defined PNQI through September, a shrinking short position paired with rising borrow costs, has begun to resolve, with cost to borrow now falling sharply and availability flooding back…
GLD ends the week caught between two competing signals: short sellers are still retreating, yet the cost to borrow has risen sharply, a combination that suggests the remaining bears are paying more to hold a shrinking…
BMNR, the bitcoin immersion-cooling miner, sits in an awkward spot heading into the week: short interest is near a month-high, borrowing costs have risen sharply, yet the lending pool remains loose enough to suggest…
NetApp enters the first full week of October with a sharp analyst upgrade cutting against a quieter but persistent rebuild in short positions, a split that makes this week's setup more interesting than the price action…
KRE enters the week with a notable shift in its lending market, after one of the tightest borrow episodes of the past year. The standout story is how quickly availability has swung. Just two weeks ago, availability…
XNTK has posted its strongest weekly gain in over a month, up 3.2% to $392.56, but the short-side rebuild that began tentatively in late September has accelerated sharply, making this week's positioning story more…
QQQ has reversed the calm that the September 30 note described, with short interest building again, borrowing costs nearly doubling on the week, and options traders pushing protective demand to its most stretched level…
CME Group reports Q3 results on October 21, two weeks away, and the stock is arriving at that date with analysts turning more constructive, options positioning easing from recent highs, and retail attention ticking…
Jazz Pharmaceuticals heads into November earnings with a growing analyst consensus behind it, a stock that has pulled back modestly from recent highs, and short sellers who have spent a month rebuilding positions…
PODD enters its November 4 earnings print carrying two contradictory signals: short interest has jumped nearly 50% over the past month, yet the CEO bought stock in August and Barclays just initiated coverage this week.…
Interactive Brokers reports Q3 results on October 13, and the setup is unusually clean: the stock is up 5% on the week while nearly every close peer is in the red, analysts are nudging targets higher in the final days…
DAL reports Q3 results on October 9 with analysts pulling back price targets, options traders sitting comfortably on the call side, and short sellers at their lightest positioning in weeks. The dominant story heading…
UNG is telling a different story today than it was 48 hours ago: short interest has pulled back from last week's extremes and the lending pool has reopened noticeably, even as the fund itself continues to climb. The…
Super Micro Computer gained 6% on the week to close at $43.46, extending a move that has now pushed the stock 10% higher over the past month, and the short community has responded by continuing to reduce exposure for…
VOW3 heads into its October 29 results carrying a 15% one-month loss, a hold consensus with no recent analyst moves, and registration data that adds little comfort ahead of the print. The price tells the headline…
Fresenius Medical Care heads into its November 3 quarterly results with a quiet but persistent tightening in bearish positioning, even as the borrow market itself remains comfortable. The most notable development this…
SAP enters its October 21 quarterly results in an unusually quiet position for a large-cap enterprise software name: short positioning has been declining steadily, the lending market is as loose as it has been all…
ALGT heads into its October 30 earnings with short interest at a 30-day high, analyst targets falling across the board, and the stock trading at less than half the mean price target, a gap that tells its own story…
Globalstar heads into its November earnings with an unusual ownership story front and centre, one where the clearest signal comes not from short sellers or options desks but from a pair of directors effectively…
